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Speaker 1: five six seven. As you well know, every year on
Speaker 1: July eighteenth, we recognize Mandela Day and it's a day
Speaker 1: where people are invited to set sixty seven minutes aside
Speaker 1: to do something for others and do an act of
Speaker 1: good will. No stranger to goodwill is the Ladles of
Speaker 1: Love organization. They're really shot to prominence during the COVID
Speaker 1: pandemic when they did such incredible work feeding hungry tummies
Speaker 1: and they still continue to do so. To find out
Speaker 1: more about their Mandela Day campaign, it's a pleasure to
Speaker 1: say good morning and welcome to weekend Breakfast to Allison
Speaker 1: McCutcheon of Ladles of Love. Good morning Allison, thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us.
Speaker 2: Good morning Amy, and hello listeners on this chilly morning.
Speaker 1: It is chilly. Allison, and tell our listeners a little
Speaker 1: bit more about Labels of Love Mandela Day campaign and
Speaker 1: how they can get involved.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, this is our seventh Mandela Day. Just before COVID,
Speaker 2: we started producing these Mandela Days and every year and
Speaker 2: surfy through COVID that got big and beg and we
Speaker 2: used to use it as a way to attract food
Speaker 2: donations so that we could sustain our feeding programs, and
Speaker 2: about two years ago we realized that actually it was
Speaker 2: more about bringing people together to volunteer in the spirit
Speaker 2: of a buntu, to roll up their sleeves and do
Speaker 2: something to give back. So we've got a feeding scheme
Speaker 2: where we provide nutrition to children in preschools, and to
Speaker 2: sustain the program, we need to raise a lot of
Speaker 2: money every year tomorrow and procure healthy food for the children,
Speaker 2: but also to provide them items that help them grow
Speaker 2: in terms of early childhood development. So we've got about
Speaker 2: seven just over seven thousand children in our pro and
Speaker 2: Mondela Day gives us the opportunity for people to volunteer,
Speaker 2: to come together and make items for these children, and
Speaker 2: by buying tickets to come to the event. And this year,
Speaker 2: traditionally we've done sort of sixty seven minutes, but it
Speaker 2: just wasn't enough. By the time people started doing things,
Speaker 2: they were finished already. So this year we're doing two
Speaker 2: hour sessions and people paid two fifty for a ticket,
Speaker 2: which is actually a donation that feeds a child two
Speaker 2: meals a day four months. So you do good bye
Speaker 2: buying a ticket and then you come and join us
Speaker 2: and spend two hours making these items. So it's this year,
Speaker 2: it's bigger than ever before. We managed to secure the
Speaker 2: DHL stadium. Wow and Kardi that they've donated it to
Speaker 2: us in a huge, active, massive kindness, So we beside ourselves.
Speaker 2: So after this big springbook game, we'll be moving in
Speaker 2: in the next ten days or so to start building
Speaker 2: up for Mondela Day, So thousands of people will be
Speaker 2: coming together to do this and it honestly puts us
Speaker 2: on our feet to raise the kind of money and
Speaker 2: awareness and items we need for these children at preschools.
Speaker 1: Sure, that's fantastic. Is there still space and opportunity for
Speaker 1: people to get involved hundred percent.
Speaker 2: That's why we had to move to a bigger venue
Speaker 2: because we just couldn't accommodate the amount of people that
Speaker 2: wanted to join us. With wellness in the workplace being
Speaker 2: such a key drive at the moment, corporates are booking
Speaker 2: tickets one hundred at a time, which has been fantastic,
Speaker 2: So they're coming to roll up their fleas and you know,
Speaker 2: school holidays, so I'm sure parents are going to jump
Speaker 2: on board because it's something really worth while for children
Speaker 2: to do to learn to get back to those less fortunate.
Speaker 2: So in this instance, this year, there are four different disciplines,
Speaker 2: so you can are they come and make sandwiches. In
Speaker 2: the make zone and there's sandwiches you can fill the
Speaker 2: buckets of which is layers of dry goods that can
Speaker 2: one back at alone feeds about fourteen children. Or in
Speaker 2: the create zone you can create beautiful posters that go
Speaker 2: on the walls to educate the children, or little coloring
Speaker 2: in books about numbers, letters. And then in the craft
Speaker 2: section they'll make dolls and we've even got car cushions
Speaker 2: this year and little piece dolls which are all about
Speaker 2: the emotional wellness of the little children. And then the
Speaker 2: last one is making. We call it the grower zone
Speaker 2: where you make little edible gardens. You create them for
Speaker 2: the children and the preschool principles can help grow little
Speaker 2: edible gardens and then that food will go in the
Speaker 2: pots for lunch.
Speaker 1: And if you sign up to participate, do you do
Speaker 1: all four or do you choose one?
Speaker 2: No, you choose one. You do two hours in one stuff.
Speaker 2: But there's more than enough to do and we provide
Speaker 2: all the materials. So you just arrived, you can bring
Speaker 2: your own coloring in because there's always an element of
Speaker 2: doing a beautiful card with a message of love and
Speaker 2: hope to the child that's going to be the beneficiary.
Speaker 2: So you can either bring your own coloring in stuff
Speaker 2: throughout those cards, or we provide everything through the generosity
Speaker 2: of sponsors.
Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you mentioned corporates a moment ago,
Speaker 1: because there are there are ways for companies to get involved.
Speaker 1: I know, for instance, Pesto Princess for every bag of
Speaker 1: soup you buy from them, they donate a portion of
Speaker 1: that to you so that it's a one.
Speaker 2: Hundred print be fed.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure there are other companies out there getting involved.
Speaker 1: It sounds like a wonderful initiative. Allison, just remind our
Speaker 1: listeners please how they go about signing up.
Speaker 2: It's really easy. List year. We put a ticketing system
Speaker 2: into our website, so you literally go to Ladles of
Speaker 2: Love dot org dot and it will take you straight through.
Speaker 2: There's a little pop up you click on that and
Speaker 2: it takes you and you choose the venue. Because we
Speaker 2: also had Kyle Lami Grand Prix Racetrack in Joannetesburg. Oh well,
Speaker 2: so you choose your venue, you choose your time slot.
Speaker 2: You can either do nine to eleven, eleven to one, one, two, three,
Speaker 2: or three to five in the afternoon. So you choose
Speaker 2: your time stop, you choose which one of the disciplines
Speaker 2: that make create, grow, craft and grow and literally go
Speaker 2: to kat and choose a number of tickets and then
Speaker 2: of corporate it's one too. They can book directly through us.
Speaker 2: We've offer concierge service and if that is tickets at
Speaker 2: Ladles of Love dot org dot Saurday.
Speaker 1: Tickets at Ladles of Love dot org dot sur Day,
Speaker 1: otherwise Ladles of Love dot org and all the details
Speaker 1: are there. Alison McCutchen, all the best with this Mandela
Speaker 1: Day drive. It sounds absolutely incredible and I look forward
Speaker 1: to coming out and supporting you wonderful.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing
Speaker 2: everybody at the stadium.
Speaker 1: Ladels of Love, Allison McCutchen. They're just telling us about
Speaker 1: this year's Mandela Day campaign.